The Editory Garden Funchal (ex. Do Carmo)

Positives - great central location, clean and well equipped rooms, exceptionally friendly and helpful staff (particularly reception), value for money and a decent breakfast. Areas for improvement - we found the noise early in the morning and late at night an issue, breakfast staff seemed either under-staffed or maybe add some more equipment to help them (extra toaster, double up on milk stations etc), evening restaurant never had any guests in the seven nights we were there - couldn't find a menu online or on display at the hotel which was a bit weird

I wanted to be fairly close to central Funchal, not in a hotel a long way out & this hotel was pretty good Quiet side street, mostly local area - loved the walk in shower & buffet breakfast was fine

Having been to the hotel last year, we rebooked for February this year. The hotel has been totally refurbished completely re-wired and re-plumbed over the winter. Grand opening while we were there. Sorry to see the “Sleeping withe the stars” murals and old sepia photographs of Madeira gone. The rooms now “modern bland”. The new toilet bowls designed for short legged people so taller or less flexible guests could benefit from a seat raiser or pull up handle. The ‘ double beds’ were actually two singles pushed together with two separate linens so no fighting over covers. One the plus side all rooms have a small electric kettle, tea and coffee: a room safe and USB and USC sockets. Staff fantastic. Slightly over-worked breakfast staff multi-tasking replenishing foodstuffs, clearing tables, checking in guest to room. Small layout dishes meant constant ‘topping up’, also delays at annoying multi function beverage machines. Food very fresh and good,(except is scrambled egg ex-powdered egg?) Pointless and distracting lit panel by reception. Also health clinic short distance away has large bright information board which flashes into a few rooms all night. Road outside slopes in direction of one way traffic so very little noise. Review may initially sound negative but overall we would definitely recommend this small, quiet hotel and would go back. Easy walk to town, (even for crusties), 10 mins to the market, shops, numerous restaurants and amazingly cheap bus service.

We stayed here as part of a package purchased through a travel company, so we had no say in where we were staying - but we were satisfied with this hotel. The location is great, a short walk from the historic district and waterfront area. The rooms are small and the bathrooms are really small. But the bed was very comfortable and the room and bathroom were clean. The pool area was nice and the exercise room was small but not very busy and had good options. The AC worked great. The pipes in the room above us were kinda noisy, but fortunately that didn't bother us too much. The breakfast was adequate - fresh fruit, fresh pastries, mediocre scrambled eggs. We had an early flight our last day and had to leave before breakfast. We asked if we could get a bag of food for breakfast that day - they went above and beyond and opened the breakfast area for us with limited options, but still more than we expected. Staff members were very friendly.

The Editory Garden Hotel was formerly known as The Hotel Do Carmo. We have visited the Hotel Carmo twice before and really enjoyed our stays. The staff are wonderful. The Hotel has been completely renovated to a very good standard, and the wonderful staff remain. Nadja and her team are superb. The Hotel is now fresh and bright. It is in a great location close to the Market and a short walk to the old town which is full of restaurants. The whole of Funchal is walkable (if you stay on the lower neighbourhoods), and the Centre, Cathedral, Harbour and old town are easily accessed from the Hotel. The Hotel is rated at 3 stars but we think it is probably better than most. Breakfast is very good. We think this hotel is very good value. We will definitely return.